Luggage

ABSTRACT

A luggage having a case assembly, a buffer module, a pull rod module, and a plurality of wheel sets is provided. The case assembly has a first case body, a second case body, and a hold space, the second case body is correspondingly disposed to the first case body, and the hold space is defined by the first case body and the second case body. The buffer module is disposed in the hold space. The pull rod module is telescopically disposed on the second case body. The plurality of wheel sets are disposed on a concave portion of the first case body and the second case body separately. The first case body can be combined with the second case body by a pivot structure, so the first case body can pivot along the long side of the case assembly to achieve the open and close process.

This application claims priority to Taiwan Patent Application No.105218968 filed on Dec. 13, 2016, which is hereby incorporated byreference in its entirety.

CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

Not applicable.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a luggage, and more particularly, to aluggage for a user to hold wearable equipment for car racing.

Descriptions of the Related Art

Racers participating in high-risk speed races need to wear wearableequipment conforming to racing specifications in order to ensure safetyand to protect them from injuries during the races.

Racers participating in car racing usually need to carry about thefollowing wearable equipment: safety helmet, head and neck support(HANS) system, car racing shoes, gloves, car racing suit, fireproof suitand so on. Although most of the wearable equipment has the functions ofwear-resisting, water-resisting and so on, they still need to be holdedproperly when being received so as to avoid inadvertent damage due tocollisions, friction or water immersion when being carried about, andotherwise, the racing process would be affected or the life of theracers would be endangered. Besides, disordered holding also tends tocause missing of the wearable equipment due to momentary oversight ordue to a hurry.

Accordingly, an urgent need exists in the art to provide a luggage for aracer to conveniently hold various kinds of wearable equipment for carracing and to maintain integrity of the wearable equipment.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An objective of the present invention is to provide a luggage that isadapted for a racer to conveniently and effectively hold wearableequipment for car racing and that reduces damages of water or collisionsto the luggage so as to ensure integrity of the equipment.

To achieve the aforesaid objective, the luggage of the present inventioncomprises a case assembly, a buffer module, a pull rod module and aplurality of wheel sets. The case assembly has a first case body, asecond case body and a hold space, the second case body iscorrespondingly disposed to the first case body, and the hold space isdefined by the first case body and the second case body. The buffermodule is disposed in the hold space, the pull rod module istelescopically disposed on the second case body, and the wheel sets aredisposed on a concave portion of the first case body and the second casebody separately. The first case body is combined with the second casebody by a pivot structure so that the first case body is adapted topivot along a long side of the case assembly to achieve the open andclose process.

To achieve the aforesaid objective, the buffer module of the luggage ofthe present invention comprises a first buffer element and a secondbuffer element, the first buffer element and the second buffer elementare closely disposed in the first case body and the second case body,the first buffer element has a plurality of first concaves of differentshapes, the second buffer element has a plurality of second concavesdisposed opposite to the first concaves to completely cover a pluralityof parts of the wearable equipment.

To achieve the aforesaid objective, the first concaves and the secondconcaves of the buffer module of the luggage of the present inventionare arranged from the lower side of the case assembly to the upper sideof the case assembly in a descending order of respective sizes.

To achieve the aforesaid objective, the pull rod module of the luggageof the present invention comprises a pull rod, a telescopic element andtwo hanger structures, two ends of the telescopic element are fixed tothe pull rod and the second case body respectively, and the two hangerstructures are disposed at a left end and a right end of the pull rod ina concealed manner respectively.

To achieve the aforesaid objective, the pull rod of the luggage of thepresent invention is adapted to be received in an inside concave of thesecond case body when the telescopic element is in a received state.

To achieve the aforesaid objective, the second case body of the caseassembly of the luggage of the present invention is adapted to fix thepull rod through magnetic adsorption.

To achieve the aforesaid objective, the luggage of the present inventionfurther comprises a locking structure disposed at a bottom portion ofthe case assembly to lock the first case body and the second case body.

To achieve the aforesaid objective, the luggage of the present inventionfurther comprises a waterproof zipper disposed at a junction between thefirst case body and the second case body.

To achieve the aforesaid objective, the luggage of the present inventionfurther comprises a sensor which may be a sensing element or apositioning element.

To achieve the aforesaid objective, the sensor of the luggage of thepresent invention comprises a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID)element.

The detailed technology and preferred embodiments implemented for thesubject invention are described in the following paragraphs accompanyingthe appended drawings for people skilled in this field to wellappreciate the features of the claimed invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a luggage according to the presentinvention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the luggage according to the presentinvention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the luggage according to the presentinvention when being opened;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the luggage according to the presentinvention with the hanger structures being extended to hang a bag;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a hanger structure of the luggageaccording to the present invention when being retracted and extendedrespectively; and

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the luggage of the present inventionfrom another viewing angle.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The present invention relates to a luggage that is adapted for a user(e.g., a racer) to conveniently and effectively hold wearable equipmentfor car racing (e.g., a safety helmet, a HANS system, car racing shoes,gloves, a car racing suit, a fireproof suit and so on) and that reducesdamages of water or collisions to the luggage so as to ensure integrityof the equipment.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the luggage 100 of the present inventioncomprises a case assembly 110, a buffer module 120, a pull rod module130 and a plurality of wheel sets 140. In this embodiment, the caseassembly 110 has a first case body 112, a second case body 114 and ahold space 116; the second case body 114 is correspondingly disposed tothe first case body 112; and the hold space 116 is defined by the firstcase body 112 and the second case body 114. The buffer module 120 isdisposed in the hold space 116. The pull rod module 130 istelescopically disposed on the second case body 114. The wheel sets 140are disposed on concave portions 118 located at a lower side of thefirst case body 112 and a lower side of the second case body 114separately so that the wheel sets 140 are concealed without beingdamaged due to collisions.

In general usage conditions, because parts of the wheel sets 140concealed by the concave portions 118 cannot be seen from the outside, avisual effect that the luggage 100 floats on the ground is produced whenthe luggage 100 is dragged.

Additionally, as shown in the embodiment of FIG. 2, the first case body112 is combined with the second case body 114 by a pivot structure 150so that the first case body 112 is adapted to pivot along a long side ofthe case assembly 110 to achieve the process of opening and closing theluggage 100, thus saving the space necessary for the user to operate theluggage.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 together, the buffer module 120 of theluggage 100 of the present invention comprises a first buffer element122 and a second buffer element 124. In this embodiment, the firstbuffer element 122 and the second buffer element 124 are closelydisposed in the first case body 112 and the second case body 114. Thefirst buffer element 122 has a plurality of first concaves 122 a ofdifferent shapes, the second buffer element 124 has a plurality ofsecond concaves 124 a disposed opposite to the first concaves 122 a tocompletely cover such parts of the wearable equipment as a safetyhelmet, a HANS system, car racing shoes, gloves, a car racing suit or afireproof suit when the luggage 100 is closed.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the first concaves 122 a and thesecond concaves 124 a are arranged from the lower side of the caseassembly 110 to the upper side of the case assembly 110 in a descendingorder of respective sizes. Thereby, the first concaves 122 a may be usedto hold the car racing suit, the fireproof suit and gloves of thewearable equipment, while the second concaves 124 a may becorrespondingly disposed from the bottom to the top to hold the carracing shoes, the safety helmet and the HANS system of the wearableequipment.

By pre-designing the concaves in this way, the user can neatly arrangethe wearable equipment to be carried about without spending too muchtime and effectively distribute the weight of the luggage so as to dragthe luggage 100 more easily; and because the irregularly-shaped concavesmay be designed to correspond to the outlines of the pieces of wearableequipment, it is less likely for the user to lose any of the wearableequipment due to momentary oversight or due to a hurry.

In the present invention, the pull rod module 130 of the luggage 100further comprises a pull rod 132, a telescopic element 134 and twohanger structures 136. Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 together, two endsof the telescopic element 134 are fixed to the pull rod 132 and thesecond case body 114 respectively, and the two hanger structures 136 maybe disposed at the left end and the right end of the pull rod 132 in aconcealed manner. When the telescopic element 134 is in a receivedstate, the pull rod 132 is adapted to be received in an inside concave114a of the second case body 114 to provide a neat appearance of theluggage 100. In a preferred embodiment, the inside concave 114a of thesecond case body 114 is adapted to fix the pull rod 132 through magneticadsorption.

Referring still to FIG. 4, each of the two hanger structures 136 in thisembodiment is a pillar-shaped hanger having a concave 136 a so that theuser may hang an article having a handle such as a hand bag or abackpack on the concave 136 a to prevent sliding of the article from thehanger structures 136. As shown in FIG. 5, through disposition of springstructures, the user can retract the two hanger structures 136 into orextend the two hanger structures 136 from the left end and the right endof the pull rod 132 readily to keep the neat appearance of the luggage100, but the present invention is not limited thereto. That is,depending on different needs in use, the two hanger structures 136 mayalso be designed as auxiliary protruding parts that is manually pulledout or concealed by the user.

Referring to FIG. 6, the luggage 100 of the present invention furthercomprises a locking structure 160 and a waterproof zipper 170. Thelocking structure 160 is disposed at a bottom portion of the caseassembly 100 to lock the first case body 112 and the second case body114 and also to keep the neat appearance of the luggage 100. Thewaterproof zipper 170 is disposed at a junction between the first casebody 112 and the second case body 114 to prevent entry of rainwater orother liquid into the hold space 116 which would otherwise damage theinternal buffer module 120 or the wearable equipment held in the holdspace 116.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the luggage 100 of the presentinvention may further comprise a sensor 180 disposed at a front side ofthe first case body 112 (i.e., sandwiched between the first case body112 and the first buffer element 122), and the sensor 180 may be asensing element or a positioning element. The sensor 180 is preferably aRadio Frequency IDentification (RFID) element that provides an alarmagainst theft or a tracking or positioning function to reduce the riskof losing the luggage 100 by theft. However, the sensor 180 may also bedisposed at a left/right side or on a top surface inside the second casebody 114 depending on different needs in use, so the present inventionhas no limitation on this.

Besides, the buffer module 120 may also be taken out from the luggage100 of the present invention so that the luggage 100 is used as ageneral luggage and still has the waterproof function, thetheft-prevention function and the function of hanging several hand bagor other bags.

According to the above descriptions, the luggage 100 of the presentinvention allows the user to conveniently and effectively hold wearableequipment for car racing while still reducing damages of the luggage dueto water or collisions to adequately maintain the integrity of theequipment, and through disposition of the hanger structures and thesensor, the luggage 100 of the present invention can provide functionsof hanging bags, the theft prevention function or the tracking orpositioning function when being used outside. Moreover, if the buffermodule 120 is taken out, the luggage can still be used as a generalluggage to satisfy different needs in use.

The above disclosure is related to the detailed technical contents andinventive features thereof. People skilled in this field may proceedwith a variety of modifications and replacements based on thedisclosures and suggestions of the invention as described withoutdeparting from the characteristics thereof. Nevertheless, although suchmodifications and replacements are not fully disclosed in the abovedescriptions, they have substantially been covered in the followingclaims as appended.

What is claimed is:
 1. A luggage for a user to hold wearable equipmentfor car racing, comprising: a case assembly, having a first case body, asecond case body and a hold space, the second case body iscorrespondingly disposed to the first case body, and the hold space isdefined by the first case body and the second case body; a buffermodule, being disposed in the hold space; a pull rod module, beingtelescopically disposed on the second case body; and a plurality ofwheel sets, being disposed on a concave portion of the first case bodyand the second case body separately; wherein parts of the wheel sets areconcealed by the concave portions, and the first case body is combinedwith the second case body by a pivot structure so that the first casebody is adapted to pivot along a long side of the case assembly toachieve the open and close process.
 2. The luggage according to claim 1,wherein the buffer module comprises a first buffer element and a secondbuffer element, the first buffer element and the second buffer elementare closely disposed in the first case body and the second case body,the first buffer element has a plurality of first concaves of differentshapes, the second buffer element has a plurality of second concavesdisposed opposite to the first concaves to completely cover a pluralityof parts of the wearable equipment.
 3. The luggage according to claim 1,wherein the pull rod module comprises a pull rod, a telescopic elementand two hanger structures, two ends of the telescopic element are fixedto the pull rod and the second case body respectively, and the twohanger structures are disposed at a left end and a right end of the pullrod in a concealed manner respectively.
 4. The luggage according toclaim 3, wherein the pull rod is adapted to be received in an insideconcave of the second case body when the telescopic element is in areceived state.
 5. The luggage according to claim 3, wherein the secondcase body is adapted to fix the pull rod through magnetic adsorption. 6.The luggage according to claim 1, further comprising a locking structuredisposed at a bottom portion of the case assembly to lock the first casebody and the second case body.
 7. The luggage according to claim 1,further comprising a waterproof zipper disposed at a junction betweenthe first case body and the second case body.
 8. The luggage accordingto claim 1, further comprising a sensor which may be a sensing elementor a positioning element.
 9. The luggage according to claim 8, whereinthe sensor comprises a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) element.